This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Old Fort Davis Link to Apaches Camels and Rails
The Davis Mountains area hosts Fort Davis history from painted camp to camel experiments. The fort aided campaigns against Mescalero Apaches, changed hands in the Civil War, and later watched Buffalo Soldiers and Rangers enforce law before its 1891 abandonment. Now part of Davis Mountains State Park, 1800 acres preserve its frontier heritage amid wide open spaces. Miss Judy Hayes returned from Bryan after being selected Duchess of the Brigade Ball.
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Davis Mountainstate Park
Fort Davis
He Park
Davis Mountains
California
8Th Infantry
Ashington Seawell
Painted Comanche Camp
Simonson
New Mexico
Texas
U.S
Jefferson Davis
North Africa
Camp Verde
Kerrville
Arizona
San Antonio
William 8. Echols
Fort Bliss
Paso
Southwest
John R. Baylor
2Nd
Texas Mounted Rifles
Limpla Canyon
Texas Rangers
Victoria
Sierra Diablo
West Texas
Southern Pacific Railroad
U. S. Department of Interior
Davis Mountains State Park
Judy Hayes
Bryan
Duchess of the
Allen Military Academy